Judge: Past sex partners inadmissable

A federal judge says a former lifeguard suing Volusia County doesn't have to provide any list of her past sexual partners, according to an order filed Tuesday.

The list -- requested by attorneys for former Beach Patrol officers Bobby Tameris and Jecoa Simmons -- "is almost certainly inadmissible" as evidence in Ashley Drury's civil-rights lawsuit, U.S. Magistrate David Baker ruled.

"The identity of her past partners cannot simply be assumed to be logically connected to whether or not this sexual activity is actionable," Baker wrote.

Drury, 19, is suing Volusia County and several officers, claiming the Beach Patrol fostered a "culture of sexual abuse and depravity" -- causing her to have sex with Tameris, Simmons and fellow lifeguard Chris Duarte. The county has denied allowing any such culture.

In his order, Baker wrote that Drury has already acknowledged she had other sexual partners, and "delving into a party's sexual history" is generally not admissible in such cases.

Only Tameris was charged with having sex with Drury, and he has yet to face trial.

Drury's attorney also has filed a similar lawsuit on behalf of another former lifeguard, Danielle.

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